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Art on the Go
Now that I’m back to bi-monthly commuting for work, my studio time has taken a bit of a hit. Especially when you combine that with the shorter days in the winter. Winter always makes early morning and evening sessions a bit of a challenge. So, I have been playing around with ways that I can…
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Summertime and the Living is Easy
It’s been a while since I posted a blog so apologises if you’re one of my followers. Since starting my monthly newsletter programme I’m finding it a challenge to keep up with social media, blogs, newsletters and website updates. Sadly my website and blog have missed out as a result. But over the next few…
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Timing is Everything
Its been quite a few months since I posted. I have been painting regularly but have been devoting all my free time to the studio so haven’t written any blog updates. As I am in the final stages of completing a mini series of works I thought I’d pause and take a few moments to…
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New Work
A few weeks ago I published a post about some new pieces I was working on which were a diversion from my abstracts. They started out as a bit of a distraction. I was working on a large painting (still unresolved), and after a few hours of painting I needed a break. We’re just about…
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Concertina Books and Muted Tones
So this week another first for me. After trying lino cut I wanted to find something else I hadn’t tried before. I spotted a few posts on Instagram of concertina sketchbooks and thought I’d see what I could do working in a different format. I didn’t have a concertina format sketchbook to hand so thought…
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100 days of Creative Play 11-20
So the act of completing the first 10 days inspired me for the next 10. Trying not to think – to just go with your instincts and make instant decisions was a lot tougher than I expected. But it is exactly what children do when they play. So for the last 10 days I took…
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